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011M,-ILT:i!i, 1 , .1.%itca ig. . . LIE following account of the treacherous means emplOyed by."the French to obtain posses;ion of the Citadel of Pampeiona, may be relit d-upau as perfeetly authentic :On Atte, 16th of February, early the morning, a party of about .30 French soldiers, with two'Officers, went, as is usual; to 'the Citadel with empty ba g s. in order to receive rations...elJarier pre tence of sheltering themselves from a shower of snow, they took refuge in the guard-room atthe gate ; there, watching an opportunity, they seized the arms of the guard, which consisted of twelve Spanish sol diers 'and an Officer, and knocked down the sentinel; who attempted to make resistance. At a signal given by one of the French, two hundred • soldiers, with - arms, came to their assistance, entered the Citadel vAth an Officer, overpowered the . ad vanced guard, composed of four soldiers and an Of ficer, threatening the hitter because he made some 'opposition, and took possession of all the batteries. They also gave a hint to about 200 soldiers who were quartered in the fortress, that if they did not sub suit they might abide by the consequences. Succes sively then entered about.looo French soldiers, who had held themselves in readiness for this: purpose from two in the morning, but,observitig till then the greatest silence, and artfully concealing themselves. —They afterwards made themselves masters of the bridges of the town, and of the powder magazine, about half a league distant, retaining in the Citadel only tto Spanish soldiers, to do duty alteruately with them. The same day the following Letter was 'addressed to the Deputies by DAVAAGNAC, COM- , inlander of Division : PAMPELONA, FEB. 't 6.—Gentlemen standing that we are to remain some time in Parupelona, I feel myself obliged • to ensure its safety in a military Manner with this view, ile oordingly, I have ordered a battalion to 'repair to the Citadel, in order to garrison it and to do duty al,ong with the,Spanish troops. I beseeCh you to consider this only as a trifling change, incapable of disturbing the harmony (interrupting the good understandiit) *Moll ought to subsist bitween'two faithful Allies. " Have the goodness to represent it in this light to your fellow-citizens, and be assured of; the per ielt consideration with which I am your servant,' " DAVAAGNAC, " Commander of Division`." • , _ ~ tXTRA,CTS OV LETTER' FROM A RESPECTABLE COR- RESPONDENT AT GIBRALTAR...I_IIIP " MARCH 18.—General SPENCER'S Expedition hrrived here on the Btli of March the Eritish troops have landed and the German part, with MuuttoN's and WATTEVILLE'S :Regiments, whiCh were in or- Tisou here, have erhbarked, and will_sail. for Sicily 'or Malta in a few days. It is supposed that Gen. SPENCER will wait here for fresh instructions from England, and for the return of the British part.of The Expedition Which sailed • some time since for Sicily. MAuca 0..-l'hanaws of BUONA?ARTE'S:ar , rival at Madrid is not confirmed. N'lmiAr is there by this tithe.--The Clrthagena Squadron continued at Port MahonlYy the latest accounts -The Toulon and Rochefort Squadrons are out. The Light Com pany of the with a small detachment of artillery and two Officers of the Engineers. are going to take possession of a small uninhabited rock under Ape's called the Parsley island in Sp fish, whence :our Cruizers (that is,. gun=boats and small craft) will be better able to intercept the supplies or reinforce tnents daily go nt front Tarifa to Ceuta.Sir SiIYNKY SM/TH, in H. M. Ship Euud.royant; Ro guns, with the Agamemnon, 64, sailed from this place on the 13th inst. supposed for the Brazils:" • (VON THE GIBRALTAR CHRONICLE). 13y a Vessel front Sir CHARLES COftONIS Srfna dron, we learn that the Portitguese SlOop]of.War Lebre had arrived off Lisbon with dispatches from the PRINCE REGENT to the ProVisionat Government, ‘itihich the .Captain did not land, on being informed by the Adniiral that the French were in possession Hof the country ; the -commercial Mails were sent into Lisbon by a ftshing beat; and . the .Lebre stood. out to sea. The PRlscEirad a remarkable tine pas sage of thirty-nine days, and:landed at Rio Janeiro with the other branches of the Royal FainilY, On the Brh of January, amidst the accianiations of.his faith. Jul Subjecas. r The .c i roserpine Frigate, with convoy.from Ports. mouth, arrived at Gibraltar on the 20th ult. We have ever a most Sincere satisfaaion in doing justice to the merits of any individual in the service of ourcountry, whenever they come to our know ledge. It is consistently with this principle that we have now to notice the very essential services rendered by Capt. JAUES GRANT, of the Raven ,Sloop of War,, .tt the tune of the evacuation of Portugal; and upon . the occasion of the sailing of the Roche Tort Sc ua aron.--That brave, active, and intelligent Officer gave the most prompt and etre6tual assistance to the British merchants of Lisbon and Oporto, as many 'of them most warmly and gratefully testify. He Ixas likewise the first to give informatton to the dif ferent English Admirals and Cruizers of the Rus. than Fleet having entered the Tagus, and took it tiPOJI himself to come express to England with this important intelligence. Capt. GRANT was likewise the first to give an account of. the Rochefort, Squa dron having Sailed, it having chased him ten leagues off Oporto On the g Ist of January i on the 244 h he give ihforniation Of this to Sir SIDNEY SMITH, and oa Iho 25th to Sir CHARLES COTTON, and on the 30th he was dispatched to Madeira and Rio lie Ja neiro with advices of 'the sailing of that Squ'adron, to put our own Forces and those of Portugal On their guard. We have not, forgotten the very gallant cumin& of this Officer in the Texel some years ago, which led to his being very badly wounded and Wide a prisoner, and we set him dawn as one of Those rising young men in the naval serviteAvho are bent on emulating the transcendent glory of a NP.- 1)0b7, Dispatches were yesterday received at the Ad. Tniralty, from 'our Fleet oil' the Togiti, dated tte .i t inst..on board his Majesty'6 Ship ilikrnia, it Q. gtws, Vice-Admiral Sir CHARLES COTTON, but they, 110 news. FICO. NV:I4 at - that date in good -hcalibt IROSI THE - ERENCiI P4PISUS. CIVITA c r ECCIIIA, DidARCLI ATIIbaSS3- doi• of Russia at the Court of Queen CARGLINT: is arrived here, with the Consul and about forty RAs, sians, in two vessels. Queen CAROLINE has declared war against Rus sia. , A Russian Frigate was in a por► of Sicily : she caused the Russian Flag to be lowered, and hoisted her own. It is hard to conceive a crime like this, and we are disgusted at such ingratitude and want of foresight. VEJICE, MARCH I.—An English Squadron, which has ascended the Adriatic GO, has detach ed• soma Frigates to cruize before Trieste. The Captains evince much animosity against the Rus sians and Austrians. The three Vessels of the Line,. and the two Russian Frigates, which it was thought would anchor at Porto Re, have placed themselves under the prote&ion of the batteries of the pierat Trieste. They have made all preparations necessary for repelling an attack, in case the English should at tempt one; .rfattisTe, FEB. 28.—Tho English,- who were in our city, quitted it precipitately, as soon -as they 'were acquainted with th 6 political system adapted by our Cabinet. VALADOLIDy MARCH is said that a„goard of honour is to be raised, of young men of the prin cipal families of the province ; but it is feared they will not have time to furnish themselves with the clothes and equipthentS woi thy their faualons. At all events, the inhabitants, filled with enthasiasm for the Hero of_ Europe, would serve him as a guard of honour if they dared; and .his Majesty, will find among us none but citiAeUs devoted to his august .person. [FROM THE ARGUS.) The Declaration published at St. Isetersburgh against Sweden has clearly exhibited the i tuoiives of t War which is about to commence. We there see the King of SWEDEN in opposition to the ancient principles of the Swedish Cabinet, as well as the eternal interests of his people. 'ln the long delay of his answer to the Coutt of 11....5 . 5ia, in the nature also of that answer, it is impossible not to recognize a Prince who has no other will than that of the British 'Governinent, and who Ins placed himiaf und'er its guardianship and dependence. Six Months .haVe hardly sufficed fora uegociation which might: have been Settled in 'six Weeks. • This is a sufficient proof , of patience on, the part of Russia. " There may be something of generosity in the King of SWBnEst havingthought himself. obliQd to sacrifice a province to the honour of , Maintainiirg his engagements with Russia and Prussia before the peace Of Tilsit. He was then maintaining the com mon cause, and in the treaty that was then about to take place, he had a right to expect that that merit would not be forgotten. But when the two. first Powers of Europe tied united themselves, and had ,adopted a system do,nforinably to thb general inter est,bow could the King of SWEDEN, in order to re main faithful to the eternal enemy of the Continent, resolve to lose Stralstwl, the island of Rugen, and all his German possessions ? How could he, who could afford no aid to his powerful ellieS, pretend to sustain alone the whole weight of the f'rench for,!es, a small part of which 11.0 bten ab',e ao keep ; hit bliwkaded its one of Lis fortresses ? Front the mo-' ment that the Cotnineutal war existed no longer, became hint to recognize no other enemies than thoSe of allies. • " Let the. English writers, if they please, call this obstinacy nz 'cigizazihnity, and compare this sacrifice of himself by the Swediih Monarch, lo that of the last champion of Roman liberty ;- for our own part, we, who cannot partake of their enthusiasm, can trace no resemblance between .Charles GliitilVtiS and 'Cato. What is honourable in an individual maybe madness in a King. it may be virtue in the first to struggle against misfortune; in the other, it is a crime not to yield, to circumstances, when the interest of his peo ple requires it. Thus, when the K;ng of . SWEDISNI espouses the cause of his enemies ; when, contrary to all reason, he..abandons his States to the horrors of an invasion ; when he draws upon himself certain calamities, without any plausible motive of hope ; he affintls an example, not of the constancy of da hero, but of a mad an:l . eulpable obstinacy." INDI4I. MADRAS COURIER, Ocroszt 7, tBo7. The Honourable the Governor hai appointed Cap in STEWART,. of the 6th N. I. to Aid-de-Camp General PATER. On the 4th instant arrived his Majesty's Ship Psyche, FLEETWOOD PELLEW, Esq. - Captain: The. Ship, during her cruize, has destroyed• two Dutch Vessels, and captured three others; one oi,which is a Corvette mounting 24 guns, and which the Psyche has brought into the roads with - her; the other two prizes are hoUrly ex'peaed. We are informed that the. Dutch Officers had French Commissions, and wore the French univ We have ,great satisfaction in submitting to our readers the official account of the success that has at tended this enterprising and active Qtficer : His Majesty's Ship Psyche, at Sea, off lava, Sot. 3, 184. '• " I have the honour to acquaint yod, that proceed ing in the execution of your orders of the t ath•of June last, his Majesty's Ships Psyche and Caroline, on the 29th of August; reconnoitred the port of Louraybaya, and, by a Ship from Batavia, captured the following day, ascertained the situation of the Enemy's Line of Battle Ships, which are still inac tive there, aid represented as being in too bad a state to admit of repair. rr As our success in a great measure depended on the intelligence. the Enemy might - receive of our , afipearance on the coast, not a moment was lost : in proceeding to Semarang, off which port the Psyche was enabled to 'anchor, at midnight, the Caroline' having previously parted company in chase by sig nal ; at day-light I weighed and 'stood into the Roads, when the Boats were dispatched under the direction of Lieutenant Kersteman, assisted by Mr. ,Charles Sullivan, to attack and bring out the Ene 'my's Vessels there; this service was completely ef fated, in a manner highly creditable to the Oificers and men employed on it, the Boats having When possession ot, and towed Out from under a. heavy fire from the batteries, an Armed Schuoper, of eight ens, and a large 111.01Cliallt stip, The early part . . of the a Ja. isLoi.eiett to ..s tv..) J o_ , a Brig at anclasy outside, and from one. of •t hem having the appearance of a Ship of mit a doubt was to be entertained of their buin Enemies. To be ready CI take advantage of.the first setting-in of the sea-breeze, the captured Vessel; were destroyed, and before noon his Majesty's Ship wo clear of the harbour in chase of the Enemy, whose Vessels had: weighed and stood to sea. I soon had the satisfaaion of finding thtit the good sailing of his Majesty's Ship afforded Me a fair prospea of closing with the Ship of War, .and at 3. 30. finding us fast coming at. with them, they all, bore up and run on shore, nine miles to the Westward of Samarang—optaing at the same time a well-direded fire on us, Which, on our. mi.- choringin three fathoms water, was very smartly re turned, tholigh apparently without much success,, the shoal water preventing- my arising as near as I wished. In a few minutes the armed Ship struck; and at 30 minutes past 4 P. M. as I was preparing to hoist the Boats out with an intention to attempt taking possession by boarding, the Ship of War sur rendered ; the Brig, shortly afterwards tired a broad side and hauled down her colours ; on being boarded, they proved to' be the &Willie, armed Merchant Ship, of 700 tons, with a valuable cargo, having on board the Colours and Staff .of the , 23d"- European lidttaticin in the Dutch Serv,ice; the Ceres, . a remarkably fine Brig, in the Dutch Company's service, of I'l guns and 70 men, a month frem•Ba tavla, under the convoy of, the ScipiO Corvette, of ,24 guns, and 150 men latter , had sustained very considerable damage, many shOt Paving passed through her bull, her rigging Much cut, and her . Commander, Monsieur Carrega, mortally ,wounded. " I Ain happy to add that they were all got afloat the saMe 'night, without injury, by the persevering adtivity of my Officers and men. . . '' On the Ist, the cardilie not having io.ned, and the Ship's 'Company. considerably reduced, by the absence of three Officers and 50 men in the prize's; I was induced to accede to a proposal.made by the Governor of 'Sarnarang for allowing- the Prisoners to,, go on shore, the Officers signing their paroleuied proper receipts being given for the.' soldiers and sea men, " I cannot too highly pre:... aaivity displayed by the Office'2.4 and men I have the honour to command, on the *hole of this service; 'and I regret that the force of the Enemy did not ifford a fuller scope for their'e4ertions. ". I. have thelionour to be, Sir, . " Vont' most obedient humble. Servant, • (Signed) • " E4EETwoon B. R. Peu.sw." (A true Copy.) " EDWARD H. Locituat,See to his Exzelleney.'" 6 , To his Eicreilency.Sir Pellew, Bart. lipar-Actruir4 of the He& • and Cum minder in Cilia, Sic. &e." POLICE. Bow•trnsat.—•-;On Saturday Mr. P who bolds a respeilabla situation in a public Qtfice, was brought before AARON GRAHAr4, El4l. Sating Magistrate, charged on suspicion of clell - anding Messy . 4441141. Cox, and Co. Olt: Bankers, ufCharing-Cross, of 1061. 13s. (id. The Prisoner- paid six certificates, for the year 180, for 'the above amontit, into the •shop, of .Messrs. Biddulph, Cox, and Co. purportin , y, to be the certificates of six of their customers for their duty on dividends paid into the• Bank. The ,7eiti ticates were regularly, signed by Georg Beech, the InsPellor of the Lind' Property Tax Office in the Bink, but the Blanki were not filled up by hint. On inquiry, and •searohing the hooks at the BAtik, it turned out that the persons whesd certificates they purported to be, had received credit fUr their duty, consequently it•was 'not paid. , • The Prisoner said, he could justify his - condnd by documents Which he had in his possession, of trans adions and accounts '.which he 'had , with the late Mr. Morgan, who was 'Clerk to• Messrs. Hoare, Bankers, of Fleet-street. 'They, however, upon investigation, turned out to be of such a CO'biplex nature, or of that description that Mr. GRAIIANI could not enter into them, The Magistrate, there fore; told hint, that the coarse to be Rivaled was very simple : that unless 'he could satiA'adOrily ac count fur having obtained the t (61. I GI. from Messrs. Biticlulph and Cox, he must commit him for trial ; or, as it was a bailable otlence, admit him to' bail, provided he offered such bail' as' should be, satisfadory to hint and the Prosecutors, of which he must give forty-eight hours notice.—Tho Ptisoner not being able to give a satisfadory account of conduct, Mr. .ORAHAU told hint, he should tequire of bitn to enter into a recognizance of Sool;-and'i” , Y) sureties ol 2501. each, fur his appearance at the siotts. The Prisoner reit:pet:led to be inJoige4 «itic tv tuaining at tho Brown lkar Public-hi.nie till ho pro cured bail, which watt agreed to, iind to ho ity the custody of.Joneg. Mr. Becket; the Solicitor to the Corornis,,ioners of the Tax Office, attended,, an:l said the prny:eu, don would be ca ried on at the expence of-Govern ment. AlArtstorr-Housti.-- , •000 of the Clerks belonging to an eminent Banking-hunse, near Cornhill, has been taken into custody, and was on Friday brought before thti LORD M4You, at the Mansion-I-louse, where he underwent a long private exatnitiiition on a charge of forgery, mid where a- g'reat number of respettable per3ons attened. At present we for bear mentioning the names of any of the parties, or any of the particulars wW(!ii have cutte to light; because the Prisoner been remanded, and will probably undergo several tither examinations the business appearing at present to htt of an extensive and complieated nature., Among our chronological events of the present year, the f o llowing will doubtless be recorded On Tuesday, April 20th, 1808, a Freehold Property in the City of London, Worth 26;0001. wai . - ebtained for less. than 81."--This objea, for so minute a stake,. would be alone sufficient to merit the attelition of the world \ of adventure f but %Own it is considerid that the - City T e oftery, hick will Le determined on the above ttiy, aff.srds molly other (!hancei or obtlin. ing Freeholds of 4:.•:y great %;11 e, .s 1 le geocral amtiefy ' to posse;; Ticket; alio, its Scheme may be easily aertmiztizti fur. - • , TA t TON. di-SSIZES. Ayjizes for the Ookinty of Somerset co:r.- n.letice‘l etvAlo.idiy last.. DEFAMATION. CHALMMWS, ESQ. V. THE REV. ,MR. nowitbr. 'Lie parties in this case were bath ir.mibers of the Harmonic Society. The - da , q'tages were laidat 10,0001. Seiseant LENS stated the . case. The ite'v. W. F. Slomberg was the only wit ness . examined i He proved the slanderous words taillaid in the De claration. On hiS'Crass-examination, by Mr. 13011.. ,HOUGH, he Mdinifted that he had been in habits of the strietest• intimacy with the Defendant tar nineteen years past ; and also that the Defendant (at whose 'lrCiose the witness had dined when the Words were spoken), on the next morning, cautioned the Wittlegi not to mention the circumstances, and referred hitn to the person t'r t ~tn Ouna the 'report originatod; and the witness went to, -and took the exarninatioa of this person, before he ventured to circulate the . report, and - for which he had heard the Plaintiff-in tended to . proseente an action against film (the Wit •ness), instead of the Deft/taint. The Jury found a verdict for the Plaintiff—D:.* • mates 4001. This CUUSB extited more than ordinary intereit, the Defendant being a popular ci.6ricter as Vice- Presidene of the said Society, and also one of the Magistrates fJr the Hundred of` 113th Forum'. THE COUNTEtii c.H? NVALDEGRAVE U. 1:11.1081.EY; I.OE, 'AND) OTH II; It S. This was an action on a breach: of cweriant in a mining lohn.—Verdid for the Plaintiie-L—lamagei 501,, JON IitLLII±:GSLEy, ESQ. ,V. LADY WALDEGRAYE. This was an aetien to recover a compensation for purchasing, and the sebsequent management for three years at the Manor of East Elarptree, in this county. The defenee to %cilia was, that tie, Plaintqf,(who had acted as Steward to the .Earl Waldegrave, at an annual salary.) purchased this estate for Laird ship'; but it appearing in evidence., that such estate was purchased in the name of the Defendant, who enjoyed the benefit arising therefrom, the jury re turned their verdiet fur the Phintid----3001, and costs. After which, an , action was 'tried, wherein Mr. Billingsley' was Plaintitl, and Lord Waldegrave fendatit, This action was cointnenced under the suggestion of the Lord Chancellor, on a motion in ifis Court, in a Cause Lord ‘Veldegrave v. Billingsley (some time since noticed in the Public Prints), to recover retnunetation for the Plaintiff's extra ser-r vices, tor eight 'years, in the cultivation and improve bent of boo acres of waste Lea on Mendip,' by which his Lordship acquired,.. aod now enjoys an estate of upward or oul.pqr annum, but w nieh pre, vious to thug:: scuvic.J2i, wa's wholly unproJ.i e tivc ; and other extra services duriog Isis Lordsh:p's minority, not within the province of a receiver, and for which extra services the Planititi wits verbally assured he would be liberally fewarded on Defendaut be coming of age: Tu this action Defend rut's Counsel set up the plea of infancy, and . eherefOre he was not liable;' bet Plaintiff proving some tiikling set., vices to his Lordship, after'he had attalie...d.twanty-- one, t i 'd guts his opteion, that theugh irk hotiour and generesity Plaintiff might tie entitled to the remuneration he sneght, yet he could not in law recover such ; but that he was certainly entitled tea verditit for the small s e rvices sine,: rendered ; where upon plaintnr.consented to take a v cnliet for'4us. and coots. Considerable interest was excited in the trial of I.n ilitthardi, at fanner, fur the seadieeion of a young woman, tb •Whorti he had, • tor two preceding years, paid.his apparenily howotarable addresses. --.e. The Plaietilf's ease was matte out so strongly that .the Jury retemed a Yenta of 50,01. Aglinst the Da letidnut ; brit ai the damages wary laid at only tool. the Judge int'ormed the Jury their verlii'e could . net exceed that ; which) was accordingly awarded. OLD BiIILEY. SATURDAY, APRIL 9. Geo. IPilkimon with hulk:led for stealing privatoly ity.the dwelling house of William Wykes, monies and hanli ' not,ts to the amount of 701. the property of the said Win. Vcr y kes. _ _ _ This case atrords another lamentable instance of a servant robinghis master, when property was plac eti -under prole:lion. The Prosecutor keeps , the . Windmill Inn, St. John -street, and the Prisoner miss his servant, employed in the inn yard, It appeared by the evidence adduced, that the propertt, as stated in the indtatnein, had been stolen: front the 'ware:- in the inn after it had been inclosed in t ;,!Ircei to to by the Wellington stare -coach. The I'riwner b l,ft in possession of the the warehotte on the 7th Mr.reb, for about two' hours in the.evening, after which they were deliver ed to a boy, and the parcel was missing when looked for. The proof, art applied to the Prisoner, SCA tered through the testimony of several Witnes , ics.— The whole of the property has been found by the indication of the Prisoner, the greater part of which w o. in hs own pol;ei.sion, and (Alcor the notes was . id o mitied ; bin the strongest Of Oh proofs was anon, solicited confession. Guilty—Death. Charlotte Way . , other wise, .Isurnstead, was in didted tbr a fraud. ,It appeared t h at t h e P r i soner had formerly lived with a liaberdasher at High \Vyeotnbc, and making that het pretence; had or dered a•con3iderable quantiyi of silk handkerchiefs, ribbons, &c.)ke. of different Warehousemen, to he sent her lodging.,. ';l3 she Was come up to London for that purpose. Immdiately' .that she obtain- edpossession r,f the too. j 8 she pawned them. The Case, being node- dot c:early against her, she was called on for her defew,.c. The only- answer, she made was, " that' she nothirtg to say, but that she bad done it at the ia'AiffatiOn and by the per suasion of a Gentleman of tho name ofHawkins, with whom she lived." She called no Witnesses ; and the Jury without hesitation found a verdia of Urcllty.. 'he case itself did not excite so much no lice as the respectable appearance of the Prisoner, wbo was dressed in a black velvet /Jelisse, a white 'bandVau rouru her hair, brai:elets, &e._& - e. in short, she appeared dressed more tit for i Theatre than a PiJSOn. She heard both the trial and verdia with' most Complete sang frold. She gave in het age 23. llt tdd:tion tLe above, 24 (Altar Prisoners were tried, ten of whc:n were gerait* teIODY.